Accurate, up-to-date data across multiple systems is crucial for any business using Dynamics 365 Business Central. Whether you’re managing master data across internal systems, syncing a data warehouse, or ensuring smoother operations with an eCommerce platform, having a reliable way to track changes can save time, reduce errors, and improve efficiency.
Without proper change tracking you risk moving unnecessary data, slowing down integrations, and even causing data inconsistencies across platforms. Let’s explore different ways to track changes in Dynamics 365 Business Central and how they support key areas of your business.
Master Data Management & Change Tracking
Your master data—such as customers, vendors, items, and price lists —form the foundation of your business operations. Integration of master data will break down data silos, improve customer experience, and power your Popdock widgets. Maintaining this data across multiple systems can be challenging, especially when updates happen frequently.
With change tracking, you ensure that only modified records are pushed to external systems, avoiding redundant data transfers and improving performance. Dynamics 365 Business Central provides a built-in change log functionality, which captures insertions, modifications, and deletions for selected tables and fields. However, the standard change log is primarily for auditing and isn’t always the most efficient tool for triggering integrations.
SmartConnect, a no-code integration tool by eOne Solutions enables real-time or scheduled synchronization of master data—ensuring consistency across all connected systems without bogging down performance. Event-based triggers, ensuring that updates sync only when necessary—eliminating unnecessary data movement and improving efficiency. Built-in error handling and retry logic prevent lost data by automatically reattempting failed updates until they succeed. Additionally, prebuilt connectors and APIs make it easy to integrate Dynamics 365 Business Central with all your internal systems.
Data Warehouse & Reporting
For companies relying on BI tools, dashboards, and data warehouses, keeping data fresh and accurate is non-negotiable. However, transferring entire datasets to a data warehouse can be inefficient and costly, especially as data volume grows.
SmartConnect optimizes data movement by pushing only modified records to your data warehouse, eliminating the need for full table refreshes and reducing processing time. It smoothly integrates Business Central with SQL databases ensuring your reports always reflect the latest data without unnecessary system strain. Additionally, customizable data mapping provides you with full control over what is tracked and synced, enabling more precise and efficient reporting. With SmartConnect, you can trust that your analytics are always accurate, up to date, and running at peak performance.
eCommerce
For businesses running an eCommerce store, keeping inventory, pricing, and order data synchronized between Dynamics 365 Business Central and platforms like Shopify and Adobe Commerce (Magento) is essential. Without efficient change tracking, integrations can become slow, leading to out-of-date product availability, pricing mismatches, or delayed order processing—all of which hurt customer experience.
SmartConnect keeps your eCommerce operations running smoothly by ensuring real-time updates to pricing, inventory, and orders, so customers always see the most accurate shop information. By preventing unnecessary API calls, it optimizes system performance, reducing strain on both Dynamics 365 Business Central and your eCommerce platform. Plus, its ability to work with multiple eCommerce platforms enables a flawless customer experience and keeps all your sales channels in sync. Instead of batch processing large volumes of data, SmartConnect detects only the changes that matter, ensuring a fast, accurate, and efficient shopping experience for your customers.
Change tracking isn’t just a technical enhancement—it’s a business necessity for keeping integrations efficient, accurate, and scalable. Whether you’re managing master data across internal integrations, reporting, or eCommerce, with SmartConnect, you get a faster, smarter, and more reliable way to track changes and manage integrations with Dynamics 365 Business Central. No matter how your business is set up, SmartConnect adapts to your needs.
For more information and to learn more about change tracking, Sign up for our upcoming webinar, Powerful Change Tracking for D365 Business Central, where you’ll get an even deeper dive into the essential feature.
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